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MRC data sharing policy guidance for data access statements (PDF)
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The UKRI open access policy came into effect on 1 April 2022. The policy includes a requirement for all in-scope research articles to contain a ‘data access statement’ which ‘informs readers where the underlying research materials associated with a paper are available, and how the research materials can be accessed’. See paragraph 15 of the policy and annex one, s. 9 to 16.
This document provides best practice examples on how to write a data statement which can be used for publications where no journal or institutional guidance, nor community standards, are available. These examples were collated from Medical Research Council (MRC)-funded publications and external guidance, details of which can be found in the references section of this document.